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| An Indian court has issued an arrest warrant for Hollywood actor Richard Gere after he kissed Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty in public. | An Indian court has issued an arrest warrant for Hollywood actor Richard Gere after he kissed Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty in public. |
| Gere, 57, kissed Shetty, 31, several times on the cheek at an Aids awareness event in Delhi earlier this month. | |
| The court in Jaipur in Rajasthan state called it "an obscene act", after a local resident filed a complaint. | |
| It was not immediately clear how the warrant could affect Gere, who is a frequent visitor to India. | It was not immediately clear how the warrant could affect Gere, who is a frequent visitor to India. |
| Shetty, who found fame outside India as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, has also been asked to appear before the court. | Shetty, who found fame outside India as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, has also been asked to appear before the court. |
| Photographs of the clinch were splashed across front pages of newspapers in India. | Photographs of the clinch were splashed across front pages of newspapers in India. |
| Public displays of affection are still largely taboo in India, and protestors in Mumbai (Bombay) set fire to effigies of Gere following the incident. | Public displays of affection are still largely taboo in India, and protestors in Mumbai (Bombay) set fire to effigies of Gere following the incident. |
| Dance scene | Dance scene |
| Shetty has defended Gere saying that it was all done "in good humour". | Shetty has defended Gere saying that it was all done "in good humour". |
| "He especially told me to tell the media that he didn't want to hurt any Indian sensibilities," she said. | "He especially told me to tell the media that he didn't want to hurt any Indian sensibilities," she said. |
| She said Gere had only been re-enacting a scene from his film Shall We Dance. | She said Gere had only been re-enacting a scene from his film Shall We Dance. |
| Under Indian law, a person convicted of public obscenity faces up to three months in prison, a fine or both. | Under Indian law, a person convicted of public obscenity faces up to three months in prison, a fine or both. |
| Gere, star of films such as Chicago and Pretty Woman, is a Buddhist and travels to India frequently to visit the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in the north of the country. | Gere, star of films such as Chicago and Pretty Woman, is a Buddhist and travels to India frequently to visit the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in the north of the country. |